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our role where iran is supplying more weapons to syria. billions of dollars of aid from the united states, number one. number two where is the united states in the international community providing support to the international relief fund organization such as the red cross to provide the relief necessary. i said in my last article in the "huffington post," i'm not in favor of boots on the ground, but we could certainly provide angels in the air. we could provide for humanitarian support. this is where i'm most unhappy about the obama administration's failure on syria. it's bad enough that it does not have a policy to deal with the strategic issues, but why can't we do more on the humanitarian side? >> eliot: the failure to act, do you think we'll lose them as it were, and will they turn elsewhere for support and say you know what, united states, you talked a good game but you didn't show up when we needed you and we'll find our finds elsewherefriendselsewhere. >> it's not speculation. it's a fact. the syrian army came out and publicly crit
our role where iran is supplying more weapons to syria. billions of dollars of aid from the united states, number one. number two where is the united states in the international community providing support to the international relief fund organization such as the red cross to provide the relief necessary. i said in my last article in the "huffington post," i'm not in favor of boots on the ground, but we could certainly provide angels in the air. we could provide for humanitarian...
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they pretend they're just protecting syria because this is an issue just for syria. at the u.n. there is an issue of whether or not conflicts become conflicts outside of the border of the country, whether or not they spill over, so to speak. if they do spill over then countries like china and others will begin to say in a the security council should get involved because it's now become an issue for international peace and security, not just an internal conflict. the syrian government and with russia's help has been really working over time to pretend this is just an internal conflict. when you hear russia say this is just a simple war, what they really mean is this isn't bothering anyone outside of syria, so everyone should just stay out and mind their own business. as we know this has bled into turkey. this has bled into other areas. we know that iran is controlling a lot of what is going on. this is an issue for international peace and security, and the u.s. government should do more to make sure that people understand that. >> eliot: look, i think you're correct. certainly th
they pretend they're just protecting syria because this is an issue just for syria. at the u.n. there is an issue of whether or not conflicts become conflicts outside of the border of the country, whether or not they spill over, so to speak. if they do spill over then countries like china and others will begin to say in a the security council should get involved because it's now become an issue for international peace and security, not just an internal conflict. the syrian government and with...
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resolution that would impose very significant hopefully, sanctions and pressure on syria. but that veto stands out as a blockage of the kind of stronger action which might work, but without those two countries changing their mind, i just don't see it happening. but again hopefully there will be another effort at the u.n. and world opinion and maybe opinion back home, too in russia and china might even have a little hope of changing things. >> well, another, you know, as we look at all of these hot spots, especially in the middle east and what's happening with egypt, and the continued movement by egyptian government to put americans up for trial or to detain americans i understand that you might be meeting later this week with some officials from the egyptian government to talk about what secretary clinton talked about this weekend, which is to withhold the u.s. support of military $1.3 billion in money that supports the egyptian military. is that going to be a message that you and maybe senator mccain strongly deliver in addition to her? >> we had a meeting scheduled for t
resolution that would impose very significant hopefully, sanctions and pressure on syria. but that veto stands out as a blockage of the kind of stronger action which might work, but without those two countries changing their mind, i just don't see it happening. but again hopefully there will be another effort at the u.n. and world opinion and maybe opinion back home, too in russia and china might even have a little hope of changing things. >> well, another, you know, as we look at all of...
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does not play a significant role in syria. so as the united states has said in recent days and weeks it now has to look to like-minded countries, perhaps other international institutions to be the foundation for whatever happens going forward. i think the arab league will be a key focus. >> before we get to the arab league, this is a different paradigm than either libya or egypt, the other -- libya, you had concerted efforts through nato which brought down cad of afy and in egypt, you had the military stepping down which led to mubarak's failure. here you have full-fledged civil war, the military standing aside assad. internationally nothing happening. this could go on for weeks months almost indefinitely. >> i think it is going to grind on for some time. but that said, obviously you have the free syrian army and the opposition. they're gaining strength it seems to me. they're able to hold territory now in a city like aleppo, they're able to fight the regime to a draw. and the regime unfortunately continues to be able to maint
does not play a significant role in syria. so as the united states has said in recent days and weeks it now has to look to like-minded countries, perhaps other international institutions to be the foundation for whatever happens going forward. i think the arab league will be a key focus. >> before we get to the arab league, this is a different paradigm than either libya or egypt, the other -- libya, you had concerted efforts through nato which brought down cad of afy and in egypt, you had...
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and you're worried about syria turning itself on end. in the anger about the repression that they've had, and the anger if there is western intervention, and i--i see what's going on, but i worry about western intervention basically becoming a point of reallyradicalization and you could end up a darking version of what we have begun to see perk up in egypt. and i think that will be hard for jordan and israel and us to deal with. >> who's side is israel on? do they want assad to stay or not to stay. >> israel could take action. maybe the israelis could jump in and take the military action to solve things. i don't mean that seriously. israel does not want a radical islamist regime running syria. they could deal with something that looks like lebanon but it's hard to get there from here. you have essentially a relative relatively modestly benign government. not fully benign. they were hosts to hezbollah host to more sophisticated roberts hitting israel, and israel was ratcheting up the pressure publishly technologically with potentially syr
and you're worried about syria turning itself on end. in the anger about the repression that they've had, and the anger if there is western intervention, and i--i see what's going on, but i worry about western intervention basically becoming a point of reallyradicalization and you could end up a darking version of what we have begun to see perk up in egypt. and i think that will be hard for jordan and israel and us to deal with. >> who's side is israel on? do they want assad to stay or...
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israel has and syria continues to massacre its own people. and egypt replaces the guy who replaced the guy from to years ago and this is why we have to bomb iran. gym nabors is gay as he happily marries his long-time partner. no surprise, no surprise, no surprise. today is the bird of president roosevelt gene hackman and dick cheney. and 43 years ago the beatles gave their last performance. which is too bad. if they had lip-synced they might have been invited to do the super bowl. this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ music ♪ ] whether or not good evening, i'm john fugelsang. thank you so much for joining us. coming up, chaos in the middle east and a mysterious israeli airstrike. the hits one mom is taking for daring to write her kids without god. and gomer pyle is now gomer pyle lgbt. but first gun laws are being discussed behind closed doors in the senate. the senate judiciary committee did at least choose to be seen today discussing gun control. the most powerful statement on that issue came right at the start. former arizona congresswoman gabby gi
israel has and syria continues to massacre its own people. and egypt replaces the guy who replaced the guy from to years ago and this is why we have to bomb iran. gym nabors is gay as he happily marries his long-time partner. no surprise, no surprise, no surprise. today is the bird of president roosevelt gene hackman and dick cheney. and 43 years ago the beatles gave their last performance. which is too bad. if they had lip-synced they might have been invited to do the super bowl. this is...
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hamas' primary patrons for most of the past decade were syria and iran. the leadership was damascus. that got totally destroyed because hamas is part of the broader muslim brotherhood network in the middle east as morsi is one of the leaders of the egyptian muslim brotherhood so hamas the palestinian brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood in syria is the single biggest group in the political if not military opposition to assets so the relationship between hamas and syria is destroyed. the relationship between hamas and iran barely exists. iran does have ties to other smaller militant groups in gaza. >> jennifer: hussein are you saying -- >> does maintain some relations with hamas but they're not close. you're absolutely right though to point out that what all of this is doing to the p.a., the palestinian authority and the plo, western friendly and interested in peace agreement with israel, not interested in a fight to the death or armed struggle. they essentially have gotten into a very huge pickle over the past year because a year ago they went to the u.
hamas' primary patrons for most of the past decade were syria and iran. the leadership was damascus. that got totally destroyed because hamas is part of the broader muslim brotherhood network in the middle east as morsi is one of the leaders of the egyptian muslim brotherhood so hamas the palestinian brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood in syria is the single biggest group in the political if not military opposition to assets so the relationship between hamas and syria is destroyed. the...
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. >> eliot: let's switch gears to where there is a continuing cycle and degradation of life in syria. you have spoken about this passionately. it's getting worse and worse. 400,000 refugees. it's going across the borders of turkey jordan, israel. what's happening now. >> there was an agreement reached by the syrian opposition to form this new national council led by a former islamist imam from syria. whether he can hold this together remains to be seen. this is a legitment government. he needs arms. he needs no fly zones. unless he gets these. they have the means to pummel the people of syria. >> eliot: is now to step in to provide arms. >> i take the pronoun we and apply it to the turks on the one hand and the jordannens on the other. let them have the support that they need, whether from the united states or elsewhere, for them to do what is necessary to create those no fly zones. for the state department to stop acting from mrs. clinton or the u.s. government to stop acting and kicking and screaming and supporting the french. if the french want to do this as the former colonial pow
. >> eliot: let's switch gears to where there is a continuing cycle and degradation of life in syria. you have spoken about this passionately. it's getting worse and worse. 400,000 refugees. it's going across the borders of turkey jordan, israel. what's happening now. >> there was an agreement reached by the syrian opposition to form this new national council led by a former islamist imam from syria. whether he can hold this together remains to be seen. this is a legitment...
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and there would not be more advanced weapon trashing syria. this is a change in tone. >> calm down does not quite mean new leadership and calm down could mean it's time for the opposition. it could be many things. at the same time, they are sending the and a half flotilla to a syrian port which would have been interpreted as a sign of support for assad, not hesitancy? >> it's interesting, the obama administration has been aggressive in rhetoric and secretary clinton recently as well called out china and russia and said they needed to do more. the u.n. with kofi anon is leading a diplomatic initiative to not just call out certain i can't but shame countries like russia who have been supporting syria. russia is in a position where they want to be a leader on the world stage. they can't have this leadership if they are supporting a regime that's mass murdering its own civilians. >> i hate to say this of kofi anon, there was derision when he we want through this exercise and he had a 6-point plan. it fell apart almost overnight. is there any reaso
and there would not be more advanced weapon trashing syria. this is a change in tone. >> calm down does not quite mean new leadership and calm down could mean it's time for the opposition. it could be many things. at the same time, they are sending the and a half flotilla to a syrian port which would have been interpreted as a sign of support for assad, not hesitancy? >> it's interesting, the obama administration has been aggressive in rhetoric and secretary clinton recently as well...
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syria is burning. does the u.s. lead, follow or get out of the way? ahead on viewpoint. "the gavin newsom show" with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ ♪ >> all about civil war that could inflame the middle east seems closer by the day. white house critics insist the white house should do more from the country facing attacks. the latest atrocity activist opposed to his regime say they unleashed sectarian militias on the tiny farming town. as many as 78 civilians, mostly women and children were reportedly massacred. those reports and these pictures have not yet been confirmed. u.n. observers were first stopped by syrian security forces and attacked with small arms fire. in istanbul hillary c
syria is burning. does the u.s. lead, follow or get out of the way? ahead on viewpoint. "the gavin newsom show" with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for...
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are we going to go to war with syria. i think maybe we should, what? we'll discuss that later in the program. and then george bush library. come on, come on. he gave a speech in the words of bush today it was awesome. okay. and then we've got more light stories that rent is too damn high. speaking of the mayoral race in new york anthony wiener said by the way i might have done a
are we going to go to war with syria. i think maybe we should, what? we'll discuss that later in the program. and then george bush library. come on, come on. he gave a speech in the words of bush today it was awesome. okay. and then we've got more light stories that rent is too damn high. speaking of the mayoral race in new york anthony wiener said by the way i might have done a
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i want to go to syria before we go to foreign policies. we have refugees spilling out 500,000 to jordan. 200,000 to turkey. those are allies, we should help in that situation. the question is what should we do. it's easy to identify what away shouldn't do. the question is what should we do if anything. >> i will try to offer up the things that should be on our mind. we don't have a very good track record. >> cenk: what do you mean? >> whenever i hear a congressman or senator say arming rebels, or we should get with the rebels and help the rebels, i fell like americans get this idea of us helping the rebels in "star wars" and it ends all great but we forget the history of what happens when we help the rebels when we don't know who they are necessarily are. all that to say there is no easy solution, and the solution to just jump in there and back the relevance isrebels is not necessarily a good amendment. they're rebels and when they turn on us they're terrorists. >> we do know who some of the rebels are number some of them are ordinary syri
i want to go to syria before we go to foreign policies. we have refugees spilling out 500,000 to jordan. 200,000 to turkey. those are allies, we should help in that situation. the question is what should we do. it's easy to identify what away shouldn't do. the question is what should we do if anything. >> i will try to offer up the things that should be on our mind. we don't have a very good track record. >> cenk: what do you mean? >> whenever i hear a congressman or senator...
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it is all part of this build-up to war with syria. war with syria. bomb syria. let's go bomb, syria. john mccain who famously saying bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb iran when he was running for president is now meeting with the rebels in syria and some way sort of insinuating that these are the people that we definitely want to align ourselves with and go to war with the establishment in syria. i'm not so sure what reality john mccain lives in. but in the reality that we live in he didn't get elected president. in fact, he got his ass handed to him by the current president barack obama. and it was on that election at the time, a lot of it was on matters of world affairs world politics, how you think this president would handle you know, world policies and conflicts around the world. and john mccain was rejected. and now here we sit where he has gone into syria. he met with the rebels. now, this is -- such a 2013 story, meghan mccain, daughter of john mccain, tweeted she found out via twitter that her dad had gone to syria. she said nothing quite like finding out vi
it is all part of this build-up to war with syria. war with syria. bomb syria. let's go bomb, syria. john mccain who famously saying bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb iran when he was running for president is now meeting with the rebels in syria and some way sort of insinuating that these are the people that we definitely want to align ourselves with and go to war with the establishment in syria. i'm not so sure what reality john mccain lives in. but in the reality that we live in he didn't get...
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what it does is confine the people of syria to continue in intensified conflict. the russians and chinese decided yet again they woulder are protect assad to the bitter end even though the bitter end is coming. >> eliot: let's bring in michael with the brookings institution and co-author of bending history. barack obama's foreign policy. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you governor. >> eliot: susan rice just referred to the bitter end and said it is coming. do you agree assad's days are numbers? there are defections in significant number in his military and there are bombings in the capital. what does this mean? can he survive? >> you know, i think ambassador rice is probably correct but i don't think russia and china agree with her yet. it is not just that they like assad. they think he may survive. we're going to have to persuade them otherwise before we can get any kind of coorption cooperation from moscow or beijing. there is still a chance that this could go on for a long time and that assad's regime may wind up in part of the country. it may win
what it does is confine the people of syria to continue in intensified conflict. the russians and chinese decided yet again they woulder are protect assad to the bitter end even though the bitter end is coming. >> eliot: let's bring in michael with the brookings institution and co-author of bending history. barack obama's foreign policy. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you governor. >> eliot: susan rice just referred to the bitter end and said it is coming. do you...
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syria is burning. does the u.s. lead, don't miss this week's "the gavin newsom show" with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. >> all about civil war that could inflame the middle east seems closer by the day. white house critics insist the white house should do more from the country facing attacks. the latest atrocity, activist opposed to his regime say they unleashed sectarian militias on the tiny farming town. as many as 78 civilians, mostly women and children were reportedly massacred. those reports and these pictures have not yet been confirmed. u.n. observers were first stopped by syrian security forces and attacked with small arms fire. in istanbul hillary clinton condemned the massacre and demanded an end to the regime. >> the regime sponsored violence is unconscionable. assad has doubled down and syria will not, cannot be peaceful stabilizing or certainly democratic until assad goes. >> i am joined by marc beginsburg former u.s. ambassador to mo
syria is burning. does the u.s. lead, don't miss this week's "the gavin newsom show" with special guest: hollywood icon oliver stone. >> i'm not an activist, i'm outspoken. i'm a dramatist. >> all about civil war that could inflame the middle east seems closer by the day. white house critics insist the white house should do more from the country facing attacks. the latest atrocity, activist opposed to his regime say they unleashed sectarian militias on the tiny farming...
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. >> eliot: violence in syria has hit the highest circles of power. that's next. this is "viewpoint." while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. >> eliot: matt drudge has been around so long he almost seems like a normal mainstream conservative but the keyword is almost which brings us to our number of the day. 30 million. that's how many visitors the drudge report directed to a couple
. >> eliot: violence in syria has hit the highest circles of power. that's next. this is "viewpoint." while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] mayhem is...
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we hear from governor romney and paul ryan there is not a coherent foreign policy as it relates to syria, iran, libya none of these hot spots has governor romney said what he would do differently. >> i don't think there is a huge difference in foreign policy. that's the reason why you don't hear a lot of distinction. i don't think this campaign will turn on forge policy. i think there have been a lot of attention to bengahzi. voters have a tough time making sense of that. romney is right to hammer the president about it because it creates the general impression is he as strong a leader that you need. but i don't think voters are going to vote on that. >> eliot: interestingly, romney, after he failed in that moment. that may be the emotional pivot point of the debate last night when candy crowley came in, after saying to the president you got it wrong. when it's blamed on this youtube video he would have been correct. >> it's unfortunate it seemed for a long time that the president and the white house were we had wedded to the videotape did it, and not to blame terrorism, but by saying th
we hear from governor romney and paul ryan there is not a coherent foreign policy as it relates to syria, iran, libya none of these hot spots has governor romney said what he would do differently. >> i don't think there is a huge difference in foreign policy. that's the reason why you don't hear a lot of distinction. i don't think this campaign will turn on forge policy. i think there have been a lot of attention to bengahzi. voters have a tough time making sense of that. romney is right...
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this has been ongoing now for two years in syria. does there come a time when we have missed the opportunity or the insurgents have missed the opportunity? >> well, the opportunity to over slow overthrow and get rid of assad still exists. he is extremely vulnerable if they can -- if they can get their ability together. but, of course if the opposition gets their act together and assad is truly desperate, that again just ups the likelihood that he will resort to chemical weapons. it's hard to come up with a good scenario on how syria plays out. they all just seem varying modifications of worst-case scenarios >> bill: do you think this -- this may be one you care not to comment on. i brief that if that's your response. but do you think maybe the administration or the president went a little too far in his comments about red line and about game changer, which sort of sets him up almost forced to do something now we have some evidence of chemical weapons? >> well i think every time you establish a red line, you are asking for trouble bec
this has been ongoing now for two years in syria. does there come a time when we have missed the opportunity or the insurgents have missed the opportunity? >> well, the opportunity to over slow overthrow and get rid of assad still exists. he is extremely vulnerable if they can -- if they can get their ability together. but, of course if the opposition gets their act together and assad is truly desperate, that again just ups the likelihood that he will resort to chemical weapons. it's hard...
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. >> john: moving over quickly to syria only a minute left. john kerry said yesterday we're determined the syrian opposition is not going to be dangling in the wind and pledge what he called new ideas for the region. now we hear reports the u.s. will offer direct aid to the rebels instead i presume the indirect aid we've been giving them all along. are we seeing a shift in u.s. strategy in regard to syria and is it wise? >> we are seeing a shift. the shift is in assessing what the potential is for military solution from the side of the rebels. and there looks to be a stalemate and while there is a stalemate, many civilians are dying. so clearly, the united states is engaging with the europeans with the syrian opposition, talking to the russians who have been very negative about american policy options toward syria. and they're trying to see if there are additional ways to change the dynamic because the current dynamic is not working for the syrian people and assad seems to be holding firm just long enough where more violence will continue. so,
. >> john: moving over quickly to syria only a minute left. john kerry said yesterday we're determined the syrian opposition is not going to be dangling in the wind and pledge what he called new ideas for the region. now we hear reports the u.s. will offer direct aid to the rebels instead i presume the indirect aid we've been giving them all along. are we seeing a shift in u.s. strategy in regard to syria and is it wise? >> we are seeing a shift. the shift is in assessing what the...
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stay in syria. so once this thing breaks apart it could break up in that way. you hear israeli politicians and military officials talking increasingly about their concerns about a collapse and what it could mean. >> bill: this would be unlike the war in iraq right? which was contained inside of iraq. unlike the war in afghanistan which was contained in afghanistan. this would be cross borders other countries involved. iran. >> it could get very ugly, very fast which is why you see the u.s. military hesitating about using military force. do you really want the united states air and ground forces involved in this kind of war where you have no idea what's going to happen? it gives a new definition to the phrase unintended consequences. >> bill: let's just bomb them. always an easy answer to send up -- >> you should read walter pincus in "the washington post." he says this is no video game. the president can't press a button and eliminate the slaughter and this would be a messy, uncontrolled, sustained
stay in syria. so once this thing breaks apart it could break up in that way. you hear israeli politicians and military officials talking increasingly about their concerns about a collapse and what it could mean. >> bill: this would be unlike the war in iraq right? which was contained inside of iraq. unlike the war in afghanistan which was contained in afghanistan. this would be cross borders other countries involved. iran. >> it could get very ugly, very fast which is why you see...
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arms treaty along side their new bffs, iran, syria and you guys are awesome. healthcare immigration and gun safety bills can't pass in congress but a bill giving monsanto the right to genetically modify your food just sailed through. folks, i don't want to say our food is genetically juiced up but a bag of lettuce just won the tour de france. >> republicans mocking president obama for not closing gitmo are like lucy mocking charlie brown for missing the football. today is the birthday of linda hunt emmylou harris, sir alec guinness would have been 99 today. 500 years ago this very day spanish explorer ponce de leon first set sight on what came to be known as florida and kept their turn signal on for the whole rest of the trip. congressman charlie rangel and ask a tea partier. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for watching us tonight. if you were an nra executive like wayne lapierrre you might think you're having a pretty good start to the week. "the washington post" is reporting that congress
arms treaty along side their new bffs, iran, syria and you guys are awesome. healthcare immigration and gun safety bills can't pass in congress but a bill giving monsanto the right to genetically modify your food just sailed through. folks, i don't want to say our food is genetically juiced up but a bag of lettuce just won the tour de france. >> republicans mocking president obama for not closing gitmo are like lucy mocking charlie brown for missing the football. today is the birthday of...
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in syria, the news -- noose is tightening on syria. israel sending a strong message. don't you dare try to arm the hezbollah rebels in lebanon. here in washington, d.c., well, yesterday president obama went golfing with -- it was a cold day, too. went golfing with three united states senators. it is only the fourth time that he has played golf with any member of congress. this time, it was one democrat, mark udall and two republicans bob corker and saxby chambliss. yes, jay carney said they talked about the issues. the president will try anything, he said, to get more vote on background checks. the republicans won by the way saxby chambliss scoring a hole in one on the 11th hole. hey that, wasn't fair. president obama welcoming the president of korea to the white house today. take a look at all of that and more right here on current tv. support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to d
in syria, the news -- noose is tightening on syria. israel sending a strong message. don't you dare try to arm the hezbollah rebels in lebanon. here in washington, d.c., well, yesterday president obama went golfing with -- it was a cold day, too. went golfing with three united states senators. it is only the fourth time that he has played golf with any member of congress. this time, it was one democrat, mark udall and two republicans bob corker and saxby chambliss. yes, jay carney said they...
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we're going to send small arms to syria. pew research center out today with a poll showing that 70% of the american people do not support that decision. >> it's interesting because the public -- i'm not surprised especially since -- what the intervention means to most people. boots on the ground. it is not. it is very much an attempt by the u.s. to work with allies and allies potentially in the region who have most at stake. i think that's a lot of information. when you ask what if they ask the question, do you want to stop the genocidal slaughter of innocent people. i think we would have had a different answer. >> bill: you and i have sat through many briefings at the white house where jay carney said we're not going to tell you what we're going to do but we'll certainly do something if they've used chemical weapons. the u.k. and france came out -- >> early on. >> bill: months ago said they use chemical weapons. it has taken us this long for our intelligence people to be convinced that they did. >> there's a lot going on. o
we're going to send small arms to syria. pew research center out today with a poll showing that 70% of the american people do not support that decision. >> it's interesting because the public -- i'm not surprised especially since -- what the intervention means to most people. boots on the ground. it is not. it is very much an attempt by the u.s. to work with allies and allies potentially in the region who have most at stake. i think that's a lot of information. when you ask what if they...
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iran north korea and syria voted against it. the nra loves it. the treatly will be killed in the senate where anti-gun senators are echoing the false claims that this will affect gun owners in the u.s. that's a lie. get used to it. are the senators really willing to put the will of gun lobbyists over our national security again? east lane? >> two things to say. one is i think it is time to build a very large wooden basketball player on wheels and present it to kim jong-un. that's number one. >> john: apparently dennis rodman is a chamberlain. >> i think he thought he was meeting obama. number two to the nra, if this is my camera. we're getting tired of prying your guns out of your cold, dead hands. >> john: tina? >> the u.n. just feeds into a conspiracy theory that, spoiler alert, the jews are behind it. by one world government trying to take your guns. and so this really -- like this is a dog whistle to gun nuts. and so senators who are feeding into this kind of crazed conspiracy are of course, going to put our national security above our nation
iran north korea and syria voted against it. the nra loves it. the treatly will be killed in the senate where anti-gun senators are echoing the false claims that this will affect gun owners in the u.s. that's a lie. get used to it. are the senators really willing to put the will of gun lobbyists over our national security again? east lane? >> two things to say. one is i think it is time to build a very large wooden basketball player on wheels and present it to kim jong-un. that's number...
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washington is not only this development but far more important, such as the extraordinary situation in syria and the continued pressure of the international community on iran to get and encourage these two forces, the israelis and the palestinians to sit down finally and to work out a solution. >> eliot: the role of president morsi in egypt in helping and nudging forward the negotiation between hamas and israel during the fighting in gaza got him kudos around the world. now there's chaos there. nobody knows apparently what this constitution will look like. what is your sense? will it be a constitution that is secular? that preserves civil liberties that is something we can look at and say egypt is now a democracy. we can embrace or will this be a shift in the other direction? >> first of all, eliot, egypt is a democracy today. president morsi was elected. but it is a democracy the way we see a democracy in the middle east. i experienced that in turkey under prime ministerrered wine and iraq under prime minister maliki. both come from religious movements. both represent partially religious pa
washington is not only this development but far more important, such as the extraordinary situation in syria and the continued pressure of the international community on iran to get and encourage these two forces, the israelis and the palestinians to sit down finally and to work out a solution. >> eliot: the role of president morsi in egypt in helping and nudging forward the negotiation between hamas and israel during the fighting in gaza got him kudos around the world. now there's chaos...
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the president, in fact, on syria. the president. >> obama: we're not taking sides in a religious war between shiite and sunni. really, what we're trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts. >> stephanie: as he explains, i was just reading complex you know. this is amazing to me. lindsey graham seems to know exactly inherently, he knows what to do in every situation. >> i know exactly what to do. i'm not gonna tell you but i know. i'll tell you when you're doing it wrong. >> over and over again. >> stephanie: you know, guns never big enough. >> war is never big enough. >> the troop size is never big enough. >> stephanie: the president. >> both of our governments have strong evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the past by the outside regime. but we are very comfortable with the approach taken by the g-8 that allows the u.n. the full powers it needs to investigate. >> stephanie: right. as opposed to when john bolton was in power and thought we could lose several floors of the u.n. and it woul
the president, in fact, on syria. the president. >> obama: we're not taking sides in a religious war between shiite and sunni. really, what we're trying to do is take sides against extremists of all sorts. >> stephanie: as he explains, i was just reading complex you know. this is amazing to me. lindsey graham seems to know exactly inherently, he knows what to do in every situation. >> i know exactly what to do. i'm not gonna tell you but i know. i'll tell you when you're doing...
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look what's happening in syria. in egypt. now in libya. consider the distance between ourselves and israel, the president said that he was going to put daylight between us and israel. we have iran, four years closer to a nuclear bomb. syria is not just the tragedy of 30,000 civilians being killed by a military but also a strategically significant player for america. the president's policies throughout the middle east began with an apology tour. and pursue a strategy of leading from behind and this strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> because we're closing in, i want to still get a lot of people in. i want to ask you something mr. president and have the governor quickly -- your secretary of state as i'm sure you know, has said that she takes full responsibility for the attack on the diplomatic mission in benghazi. does the buck stop with your secretary of state as far as what went on here? >> obama: secretary clinton has done an extraordinary job but she works for me. i'm the president. i'm always responsible. and that's why nobo
look what's happening in syria. in egypt. now in libya. consider the distance between ourselves and israel, the president said that he was going to put daylight between us and israel. we have iran, four years closer to a nuclear bomb. syria is not just the tragedy of 30,000 civilians being killed by a military but also a strategically significant player for america. the president's policies throughout the middle east began with an apology tour. and pursue a strategy of leading from behind and...
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from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall let's rock and roll. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. get irresistibly clean and fresh carpets in your home with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while neutralizing odors for a clean you can see, smell and really enjoy. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. cook what you love and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant
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from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: you bet it is. 33 minutes after the hour now here. it is the "full court press" on a thursday morning. december 13. coming to you live from our nation's capital and our studio on capitol hill brought to you today by the international association of sheet metal air rail and transportation workers under president joseph nigro. good men and women of the sheet metalworkers union giving a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. you bet. and their new web site is smart dash union.org. i like that. a lot of speculation here about what president obama's going t
from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow....
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about what the president might accomplish up at the united nations and what the latest is on libya and syria. dave zeron our sports guru, we share him with the "nation" magazine will be here to talk about that incredible bad call last night in the seahawks and packers game and judd legum, of course, it's tuesdays with judd. judd legum from think progress. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> good morning on this tuesday. other headlines making news. the hatred for the replacement nfl officials hit a boiling point on monday night football last night. at the end of the game between the green bay packers and the seattle seahawks, the quarterback russell wilson threw a last-second desperation pass. we call that a hail mary into the end zone that was clearly caught by a packers defender to save the game as an interception. but the replacement referee for some reason awarded the catch to seahawks receiver golden pait that resulted in a seahawks 14-12 win. twitter reaction next nationwide called the harshest in years toward the any nfl official. >> bill: it was a lousy call. there was
about what the president might accomplish up at the united nations and what the latest is on libya and syria. dave zeron our sports guru, we share him with the "nation" magazine will be here to talk about that incredible bad call last night in the seahawks and packers game and judd legum, of course, it's tuesdays with judd. judd legum from think progress. but first -- >> this is the "full court press." >> good morning on this tuesday. other headlines making news....
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. >> alarming news out of syria. the ap reporting syria has been moving around chemical components in the last week. secretary of state clinton is underscoring president obama's warning that if the syrian government uses chemical weapons, the u.s. will take action. there's no evidence they've done more at this point than move the components around and it could be a bluff but officials believe they have access to several hundred missiles that could carry chemical warheads. we're back after the break. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, okay, you don't need to do that. but i don't
. >> alarming news out of syria. the ap reporting syria has been moving around chemical components in the last week. secretary of state clinton is underscoring president obama's warning that if the syrian government uses chemical weapons, the u.s. will take action. there's no evidence they've done more at this point than move the components around and it could be a bluff but officials believe they have access to several hundred missiles that could carry chemical warheads. we're back after...
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. >> romney: syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our ambassador of libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we somehow feel we're at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. >> dictating events all over the world. we need to be is have military bases throughout the middle east and when i'm president not only will we be bombing iran -- >> stephanie: i didn't think the world could hate anyone quite as much as george w. bush but romney -- he's already preinsulted the world and he's not even close to being in office. john in las vegas you're on "the stephanie miller show." welcome, john. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i would like to talk about the voter suppression laws the governors are trying to pull. i think it's funny how they want to spread democracy across the middle east and across the world but won't suppress their own people here in america. i just wanted to poin
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the nra wants this to happen and the three countries are iran, north korea and syria. i'm like why don't you ask him about that since you've got the president of the nra on. of course, they never do. >> stephanie: didn't get around to that. >> caller: that's the company the nra is keeping. let's not try to make it anything else. that's the company the nra is keeping. >> stephanie: absolutely. all right. speaking of the -- wow everybody was talking guns yesterday. jay carney the president's press secretary. >> the president has always recognized this is something that would be a challenge. but was an obligation of all of us to work on and to try to get done. >> they were talking about guns because the nra -- well, they don't say they're with the nra but the nra released a study from the nra school task force. >> no affiliation with the nra. >> no, no not at all. >> stephanie: no gun has ever killed anyone ever. >> our studies show that guns belong in all schools. okay thanks. didn't expect that from you. >> stephanie: this study -- fried chicken is the absolute most hea
the nra wants this to happen and the three countries are iran, north korea and syria. i'm like why don't you ask him about that since you've got the president of the nra on. of course, they never do. >> stephanie: didn't get around to that. >> caller: that's the company the nra is keeping. let's not try to make it anything else. that's the company the nra is keeping. >> stephanie: absolutely. all right. speaking of the -- wow everybody was talking guns yesterday. jay carney...
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he bounced from israel to syria and iran, proving that everything was falling apart. >> it's exactly the opposite. i know they want to portray it that way. you've seen the commentators almost gristle outside the embassy in cairo actually celebrating those who were attacking america at the time. that's why this whole thing disgusts me the way they are using this. it's exactly the opposite. it shows the president's policy that in fact opened up channels of communication and influence with the new leaders of the region, as these riots broke out, the president got on the phone and urged them to quell these protests, which they did. the protests, there are no more protests outside u.s. embassies. libya in fact, recent poll shows libya, american popularity is soaring throughout the region. >> bill: thanks so much for coming in this morning. we just scratched the surface. you'll have to lot more to say about that on your website. >> thanks, joe. >> bill: absolutely. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ always outspoken: joy behar. >> on my next show, the wom
he bounced from israel to syria and iran, proving that everything was falling apart. >> it's exactly the opposite. i know they want to portray it that way. you've seen the commentators almost gristle outside the embassy in cairo actually celebrating those who were attacking america at the time. that's why this whole thing disgusts me the way they are using this. it's exactly the opposite. it shows the president's policy that in fact opened up channels of communication and influence with...
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she's dealing with syria gaza, the congo. she's still our representative to the united nations. so while we're talking this foolishness about her appearance on a tv talk show, what signal is that sending to the rest of the world? i do think they've got themselves backed in a corner now. i think the other agenda going on is the senate race. so i think that it needs to stop. i hope it will today. i know she's back on the hill again today. >> bill: she is. first of all, it is unfair at so many levels. i think it is sexist and racist. ambassador to the united nations, god knows is not responsible for security. embassies and consulates around the world number one. we talked about this earlier. number two, all she did in her appearance on the sunday shows and in her testimony right after the incident in benghazi on the hill was say here is what our intelligence agencies are telling us at this point. we don't know everything about it yet. you know. and that's -- that's kind of classic. you never know, right? immediately, all of the facts. >> but also petraeus, when he was on the hill a
she's dealing with syria gaza, the congo. she's still our representative to the united nations. so while we're talking this foolishness about her appearance on a tv talk show, what signal is that sending to the rest of the world? i do think they've got themselves backed in a corner now. i think the other agenda going on is the senate race. so i think that it needs to stop. i hope it will today. i know she's back on the hill again today. >> bill: she is. first of all, it is unfair at so...